ABSTRACT
This chapter examines several dimensions of the relationship between oratory and theatre through a close reading of the four speeches of Aeschines and Demosthenes that are under examination in this book. The first section discusses the association of Aeschines and Demosthenes with actors who turned into dissembling politi - cians. The second section revisits the arguments expressed in the scholarship about the use of theatrical quotations, while the third examines accusations of using theatrical techniques in public speaking. The fourth and final section identifies and discusses passages that reveal Aeschines’ and Demosthenes’ attempts to make the hostile reaction of the theatrical audience a model for inciting an equally hostile reaction from the law-court audience.
